“Hicks gently subverts the pervasive language of photography as it is used in advertising and publicity, creating edgy images that intrigue and disturb. While she primarily works with people, her works transcend the boundaries of portraiture as she finds beauty in perceived imperfections and renders idealized beauty strange.
Her images are mostly of adolescents and elegantly capture the ambiguities of youth. Whilst she uses digital interventions, they are almost imperceptible, creating instead a polished hyper-reality. These subtle contrasts within the image play with photography’s dual capacities as both a revealer of truths, and a perpetrator of lies. Hicks’ photography embraces the scope of what it means to be human.”
“Her work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally in ParisPhoto 2008, Contemporary Australia: Optimism, Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art 2008, Petrina Hicks: Australia-Japan, The Exchange of Viewpoints, Early Gallery, Osaka, Japan, 2006. Light Sensitive, at the National Gallery of Victoria, In Cold Light at the Centre for Contemporary Photography, and Truth and Likeness at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra. In 2006/2007, Hicks had a solo exhibition at the Museum of Brisbane titled Flawless: Petrina Hicks.”
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They are fantastic! Very unique style as far as I can tell too. The girl with the 'Husky(?)' dog... I find it a mix between beautiful and creepy. That dog could eat her if he wanted! Thanks for sharing :)